According to an internal memo obtained by Politico, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign, alarmed by GOP rival Donald Trump’s fundraising success last month, issued a plea to donors Monday urging them to put their money where their mouth is.

The memo, titled “Wake Up Call,” points to Trump’s fundraising efforts in July, which netted his campaign $80 million.

Even though the Clinton campaign raked in $90 million in the same month, the Democrats say they will need more to defeat Trump in November and are calling on supporters to heed the call for more money.

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Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook writes in the memo addressed to supporters, “Donald Trump also had his best fundraising month of the campaign, raising $80 million. … This was far more than anyone expected — and should be a wake-up call to all Hillary supporters. We must redouble our efforts in the coming weeks.”

Comparing Clinton’s campaign to Barack Obama’s, Mook writes, “While we are very proud of the more than $469 million our campaign has raised so far, we remain behind the historic pace that President Obama set in 2012, raising $520 million during the same time frame.”

Adding emphasis to the short amount of time between August and November’s general election, Mook continued, “With only three months to go, it is critical that we close the gap between President Obama’s record-level fundraising and the pace we are currently on.”

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will be hitting the campaign trail hard for a series of fundraising events, as will her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine. This month alone, the trio will headline more than 80 fundraisers in at least 25 states, according to a schedule obtained Politico.

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Mook says the funds will be used to help the Democrats get unregistered voters properly registered to vote with the Democrat Party. He writes, “Our ability to reach targeted voters and turn them out will be decided by the number of organizers we can hire now and the volunteers they can start recruiting today.”

CBS News also reported on the release of the memo and Mook’s fear that Trump could beat the Democrats in their fundraising efforts. In the same memo to supporters, he wrote, “We have to take seriously the threat that Donald Trump could outraise us.”

As Western Journal reported, billionaire Donald Trump self-funded most of his presidential bid leading up to his acceptance of the nomination by the Republican Party in July, only asking for grassroots support of small denominations in the weeks leading up to the Republican convention.